Yes, but for some reason that extremely rare event doesn't attract the same level of paranoid security theatre that other, even rarer events do. There's someth

Yes, but for some reason that extremely rare event doesn't attract the same level of paranoid security theatre that other, even rarer events do. There's something about planes. Perhaps it comes down to ground-dwelling-mammal hindbrain psychology: We're intrinsically more comfortable when we're close to the ground, even when we're theoretically more vulnerable there. I suppose if birds ran our transportation system they'd think differently. ("I'd sure hate it if someone set off some fireworks when I was on my feet on the ground -- I'd be trapped! Only two dimensions to maneuver in, low potential energy, I can't even move my wings properly, and just think how vulnerable I'd be from above! I'd far rather be 20,000 feet up, where I can jump out a window in case of trouble.")